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SEVENTEENTH  ANNIYERSARY 


SlISHOP  WHITE  PRAYER  BOOK  SOCIETY  \ 


HELD   IN   ST.   ANDREW'S   CHURCH, 


On  Whitsun-Tuesday,  May  21,  1850. 


A    SERMON, 

BY  EEV.  E.   S.   TRAPIER. 
PUBLISHED   BY   REQUEST   OF  THE   SOCIETY. 


PHILADELrniA: 
KINO    &    BAIRD,    PRINTEKS,    No.    9    SANSOM    STREET. 

1850. 


THE 


SEVENTEENTH  ANNIYEESARY 


BISHOP  WHITE  PRAYER  BOOK  SOCIETY. 


HELD  IN  ST.  ANDREW'S  CHURCH, 


On  Whitsun-Tuesday,  May  21,  1850. 


A    SERMON, 

BY  EEV.  R.   S.   TEAPIER. 


PUBLISHED   BY   REQUEST   OE  THE   SOCIETY. 


P  H  I  L  A  D  E  L  P  n  I  A : 

KING    &    BAIRD,    PRINTERS,    No.    9    SANSOM    STREET. 

1850. 


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PROCEEDINGS. 


/SV.  Andrcw\  Church,  Tuesdaij,  May  list,  1850. 

The  Seventeenth  Anniversary  of  the  Bishop  White  Prayer  Book 
Society,  was  held  this  evening  at  8  o'clock. 

The  Rt.  Rev.  Bishop  Potter  took  the  chair,  when  Evening  Prayer 
was  read  by  the  Rev.  Dr.  Morton,  assisted  by  the  Rev.  Dr.  Bowman ; 
after  which,  a  portion  of  the  99th  Psalm  was  sung. 

The   Recording  Secretary  then  read   the  Annual  Report  of  the 
C        Board  of  Managers,  (a  copy  of  which  will  be  annexed,)  which,  on 
motion,  was  referred  to  the  Board,  to  be  elected  this  evening,  for 
5        publication. 

So  A  Sermon  was  then  preached  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Trapicr,  Rector  of 

^        the  Floating  Church  of  the  Redeemer  in  this  port,  from  the  words, 
''  Go  up  now,  and  look  towards  the  sea,''  1st  Kings,  18th  chap.,  part 
sf        of  the  43d  verse. 

CM  On  motion  of  Horace  Binney,  Jr.,  Esq.,  a  committee  was  then 

g  appointed  to  nominate  officers  and  managers  for  the  ensuing  year ;  the 
chair  appointed  Rev.  Dr.  S.  Stevens,  and  Messrs.  J.  S.  Newbold  and 
Jas.  C.  Booth. 

While  the  Committee  were  out,  a  collection  was  taken  up,  amount- 
ing to  $59.50. 

The  Committee  reported  the  names  of  the  following  gentlemen, 
who,  on  motion,  were  duly  elected  officers  and  managers  of  the  So- 
ciety for  the  present  year,  to  wit : 

A  PRESIDENT. 


Rt.  Rev.  ALONZO   POTTER,  D.  D.,  Ex  officio. 

VICE  PRESIDENTS. 
Rev.  W]^.  SUDDARDS,  WM.  H.  NEWBOLD,  Esq.. 

"      BENJMN.  dorr,  D.  D.,  JOHN  WELSH,  Jr.,  Esq. 

-'      H.  W.  DUCACHET,  D.  D., 

COKKESPONDING  SECRETARY. 

S.  A.  ALLIBONE. 

RECORDING  SECKBTARY. 

JAMES  M.  AERTSEN. 

TKEASUHKR 

WM.  JIUSGRAVE. 


MANAGERS 


Rev.  J.  C.  Clay,  D.  D., 
"  H.  J.  Morton,  I).  D., 
"  John  Coleman,  J).  D., 
"  Ricb'J.  Newton, 
"  Frcd'k.  Oi^ilby, 
"  J.  II.  Fowlcs, 
"  M.  A.  D.  W.  Howe,  D. 
"  T.  C.  Yarnall, 
"  W.  B.  Stevens,  D.  D., 
"  Kingston  Goddavd, 
"  J.  P.  B.  Wilmer, 
"  Clias.  D.  Cooper, 
Mr.  Samuel  Wagner, 
"  Wm.  Welsh, 
"  Jas.  S.  Newbold, 
"  Thomas  Latimer, 
"  Geo.  M.  A\' harton, 
"  Horace  Binney,  Jr. 


Mr.  Edmund  Wilcox, 
Prof.  Henry  Reed, 
Mr.  Herman  Cope, 

"  Yj.  Locke, 
Dr.  Francis  West, 
Mr.  Jos.  R.  Massey, 
D  .,    "  Chas.  Wingate, 
"  Henry  F.  R  idney, 
"  B.  C.  Busby, 
"  Alfred  Horner, 
"  A.  G.  Coffin, 
"  Wm.  Martin 
"  Tobias  Wagnor, 
"  John  R.  Wilmer, 
"  George  S.  Scolield, 
"  Edw'd.  C.  Riddle, 
"  Harry  Conrad. 


On  motion  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  Dorr,  it  was  Resolved,  that  the  Rev. 
Mr.  Trapier  be  requested  to  furnish  a  copy  of  his  sermon,  and  that 
the  Board  be  instructed  to  publish  it,  or  such  portions  of  it  as  they 
may  deem  expedient,  with  the  Annual  Report.  After  the  Benedic- 
tion by  the  Bishop,  the  Society  adjourned. 

James  M.  Aertsen,  Secretary/. 


REPORT. 


The  Board  of  Managers  of  the  Bishop  White  Prayer  Book  So- 
ciety, in  presenting  the  Seventeenth  Annual  Report  of  their  proceed- 
ings, have  decided  upon  confining  themselves  to  a  detail  of  their 
business  operations  during  the  past  year,  confiding  to  the  Preacher, 
upon  this  occasion,  the  privilege  of  presenting  the  claims  of  the 
Society  to  the  hearts  of  its  friends.  They  therefore  present  the  fol- 
lowing. 

The  regular  distribution  of  Prayer  Books,  during  the  past  year, 
has  been  as  follows  : 

To  the  Diocese  of  Pennsylvania 2201  Copies. 

Maryland 50 

Tennessee 275  " 

Ohio 150 

Delaware 180 

Kentucky 500  " 

Virginia 170  " 

Illinois 125 

Missouri 24  " 

New  Jersey 310  " 

New  York 80 

do.        for  the  Army  .  150  " 

Indiana 50  " 

District  of  Columbia 25  " 

Wisconsin 150  " 

Iowa 25  " 

Texas  100 

Among  Seamen 570  " 

Total, 5135  Copies. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Managers,  previous  to  the  last  Anni- 
versary of  the  Society,  on  Monday  in  Whitsun-week  of  last  year,  it 
was  "  Resolved,  that  if  the  collection  to  be  made  at  the  ensuing 


Anniversary  Meeting,  shall  be  sufEciont  to  justify  the  expenditure, 
the  Board  will  appropriate  one  thousand  copies  of  the  Prayer  Book 
to  each  Bishop  in  the  United  States,  for  distribution  in  his  Diocese." 

The  collection  upon  that  occasion,  together  with  such  sums  as 
were  subsequently  received,  specifically  appropriated  to  that  object, 
amount  to  about  $650 ;  a  sum  sufficient  to  purchase  2,500  copies. 
This  number  being,  in  the  opinion  of  the  Board,  too  small  to  dis- 
tribute among  all  the  Bishops,  to  confer  essential  benefit  upon  any, 
they  decided  upon  distributing  them  among  ten  of  the  Western  and 
Southern  Dioceses,  such  as  were  believed  to  be  in  the  greatest  need 
of  them,  and  the  least  able  to  procure  them.  250  copies  each  were 
therefore  appropriated  to  the  Missionary  Bishops  of  the  North- West 
and  the  South- West;  and  to  the  Bishops  of  Michigan,  Indiana,  Ohio, 
Illinois,  Tennessee,  Missouri,  Mississippi  and  Alabama — 2,500  copies; 
making  the  total  distribution  for  the  year  7,635. 

The  Bishop  of  Kentucky  was  not  included  in  this  special  distribu- 
tion, as  he  had  recently  received  an  appropriation  of  500  copies  from 
the  Society. 

The  distribution  among  Seamen,  the  increasing  importance  of 
which  is  daily  pressing  upon  the  minds  of  the  Managers,  has  been 
small,  compared  with  the  demands  made  upon  them,  owing  only  to 
the  inadequacy  of  their  means  ;  of  this  distribution,  100  copies  were 
given  to  the  Missionary  to  Seamen  in  the  Port  of  Boston ;  200  placed 
on  board  of  United  States'  Ships  of  the  Line;  40  to  coasters  and 
steamers ;  and  the  remainder,  through  the  agency  of  the  Rev.  Mr. 
Trapier,  the  Rector  of  the  "Floating  Church  of  the  Redeemer"  in 
this  Port,  whose  intercourse  with,  and  facilities  for  reaching  this 
neglected  class  of  men,  are  constantly  widening. 

The  Board  would  be  most  happy  to  be  made  the  channel  of 
supplying,  more  abundantly,  his  wants  in  this  respect,  through  the 
liberality  of  such  as  are  able  and  willing  to  furnish  the  sailor  with 
this  manual. 


The  receipts  of  the  Society  during  the  past  year  have  been  as 
follows : 


From  ordinary  sources $1,496  15 

Special  contribution  for  distribution  to 

the  Bishops 554  84 


Expenditures . 


$2,050  99 
2,038  19 


Balance  in  Treasury 22  25 

Indebtedness  for  Prayer  Books $353  00 

Of  the  total  amount  of  receipts,  there  has  been  received  from  collec- 
tions in  Churches $1,428  74 

Donations  from  Associations 295  00 

do.       do.  Individuals 233  75 

Sales  of  Prayer  Books 93  50 


From  the  following;  sources ; 


Pennsylvania . . . , 

Vermont 

Massachusetts  . . 

Connecticut 

New  Hampshire. 
Rhode  Island  . . . 

New  York 

New  Jersey 

Michigan 

Delaware 

Maryland 

Dist.  Columbia  . . 


$1,408  88 
17  06 
3  00 
37  00 
10  00 
25  00 
25  00 
10  00 

10  00 

11  50 
83  00 

5  00 


$2,050  99 


Amount  brt.  forwd.  $1645  44 

Virginia 95  75 

North  Carolina 10  00 

South  Carolina 50  00 

Georgia 15  00 

Ohio 13  00 

Kentucky 52  00 

Tennessee 7  00 

Illinois 74  50 

Missouri 20  00 

Wisconsin 16  00 

Arkansas 10  00 

Texas 42  30 


Amount  forvrd.       $1645  44 


$2,050  99 


Before  closing  this  Report,  the  Board  would  beg  leave,  most 
respectfully,  to  call  the  attention  of  the  Society  and  its  friends,  to  the 
fact,  that  the  number  of  Prayer  Books  distributed  during  the  year 
ending  May  1,  1849,  was  smaller  than  in  any  previous  year,  since 
the  formation  of  the  Society ;  and  that  the  distribution  of  the  year 
now  just  closed,  exclusive  of  the  2,500  copies  furnished  by  the  spe- 
cial collection  of  Whitsun-Monday,  is  the  next  smallest,  with  the 
exception  of    the  years  ending   in  May  1836 — 1838 — 1846  and 


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1848,  in  each  of  which  they  were  a  fraction  below  the  present,  while 
the  distribution  of  1838-9  was  more  than  100  per  ct.,  and  that  of 
1839-40  more  than  50  per  ct.  above  that  of  the  present  year. 

These  facts  the  Board  leave,  without  comment,  fur  the  reflection 
of  Churchmen. 

By  Order  of  the  Board, 

James  ^l.  Aertsen,  Rec  Secretary. 
Philadelphia,  May  21,  1850. 


CIRCULAE, 


The  Bishop  White  Prayer  Book  Society,  though  it  bears  the  name 
of  the  first  beloved  Diocesan  of  Pennsylvania,  is  not  a  local  or 
Diocesan  Institution ;  but,  on  the  contrary,  is  the  only  general  Prayer 
Book  Society  in  the  United  States.  Up  to  this  time,  however,  its 
principal  support  has  been  derived  from  the  churches  of  Pennsyl- 
vania, and  particularly  of  Philadelphia :  this  State  having  furnished 
85  per  cent  of  its  income,  while  it  has  received  only  40  per  cent  of  its 
appropriations. 

As  then  the  Society  has  distributed  its  Prayer  Books  to  every  State 
and  Diocese  in  the  Union,  and  as  it  has  also  sent  its  precious  manuals 
of  prayer  to  California,  the  West  Indies,  the  Sandwich  Islands,  the 
Indian  Nation,  the  Army,  the  Navy,  the  Merchant  Service,  and  to 
Hospitals,  Prisons,  and  Aims-Houses,  the  Board  of  Managers  feel  that 
the  time  has  come  when  they  can  with  propriety  appeal  to  all  Church- 
men in  every  Diocese  to  do  something  in  furtherance  of  the  noble  end 
proposed  by  this  Institution ;  for  it  cannot  be,  that  our  brethren  abroad 
are  willing,  that  either  the  pecuniary  burden,  or  the  moral  honor,  of 
sustaining  the  only  general  Prayer  Book  Society  of  the  Church,  should 
be  borne  by  the  Episcopalians  of  Philadelphia.  They  therefore  aifec- 
tionately  invite  contributions  from  all  the  Parishes  in  our  country; 
for  if  each  would  remit  but  $5  a  year,  it  would  enable  the  Society, 
(as  it  pays  no  clerk  hire,  rent,  or  agents,)  to  scatter  abroad  over  25,000 
copies  of  the  Prayer  Book  every  year.  Nor  would  even  this  number 
fully  meet  the  demands  made  by  our  extended  territory,  and  our 
world-wide  commerce. 

The  Board  of  Managers  hope  that  when  the  members  of  our  Church 
consider  the  value  of  the  Book  to  be  distributed,  and  the  pressing 
urgency  of  the  occasion,  that  they  will  feel,  individually  and  collectively, 
called  upon  to  contribute  something  to  our  exhausted  treasury,  and 
thus  enable  the  Society  to  be  in  all  the  future,  what  it  has  been  for 


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seventeen  years  past,  a  blessing  to  the  Church  and  to  the  land  in 
which  wo  dwell. 

Aware  of  the  fact,  that  oftentimes  persons  are  prevented  from  send- 
ing contributions  to  the  Society  because  they  arc  small,  the  Board 
beg  leave  to  urge  that  nothing  may  be  withheld  because  it  is  small, 
for  our  Saviour  has  taught  us  to  "gather  up  the  fragments,  that 
nothing  be  lost." 

WM.  BACON  STEVENS,") 

H.  W.  DUCACIIET,  f-  Committee. 

J.  M.  AEllTSEN,  3 

The  Board  of  Managers  respectfully  ask  the  Clergy  to  whom  this 
may  be  sent,  to  adopt  such  measures  as  will  bring  the  subject  before 
their  congregations  in  such  manner  as  will  most  certainly  secure  their 
co-operation. 

The  contribution  of  $50  at  one  time  constitutes  a  Patron. 

The  contribution  of  $25  at  one  time  constitutes  a  Life  Member. 

Contributions  from  Parishes  or  Individuals  may  be  sent  to  Wm- 
Musgrave,  Esq.,  Treasurer,  No.  129  Market  Street,  Philadelphia. 


SERMON. 


Preached  before  the  Bishop    While  Prayer  Book  Society,  in  St.  Andrew's  Church, 
Philadelphia,  May  21st,  1850. 

Bv  THE  Ret.  R.  S.  Tkapier. 

Rector  of  the  Floating  Church  of  the  Redeemer;  in  the  I'ort  of  Philadelphia. 


"GO  UP  NOW  LOOK  TOWARD  THE  SEA."— 1  Kings,  xvni.,  v.  43. 

Duly  to  estimate  the  importance  of  the  Prayer  Book,  as  a  mean 
of  extending  the  knowledge  and  preserving  the  integrity  of  the  ''faith 
once  delivered  to  the  Saints,"  we  must  follow  it  through  all  its  wan- 
derings, and  witness  its  silent  but  powerful  effects  upon  all  classes 
and  conditions  of  ni'in.  Its  peculiar  value  consists  in  its  adaptation 
to  the  necessities  and  circumstances  of  every  human  being.  It  is  in 
this  that  we  recognize  it  as  the  child  of  the  Scriptures — the  offspring 
of  men  whose  minds,  enriched  by  the  treasures  of  Holy  Writ,  and 
whose  hearts,  warmed  by  the  fires  of  a  true  faith,  were  enabled,  through 
Divine  guidance,  to  bequeath  unto  us  this  most  valuable  of  all  human 
compositions — this  lucid,  practical,  thorough  exponent  of  real  Evan- 
gelism — this  mirror  of  the  Gospel  of  our  Lord  and  Saviour  Jesus 
Christ.  It  is  not  my  purpose,  however,  in  the  few  remarks  I  shall 
make,  to  eulogize  a  book,  which,  even  by  those  who  have  rejected  its 
use,  has  been  pronounced  "  the  richest  treasure,  next  to  the  Canonical 
Scriptures,  in  the  Christian  Church,"  (Jno.  Calvin,  vol.  iii.,  p.  405)- 
It  needs  no  commendation  from  its  friends — it  will  forever  withstand 
the  assaults  (I  would  not  say  of  its  enemies,)  but  of  those  who  have 
yet  not  learned  its  value.  "  In  its  true  and  native  lustre  (says  an  emi- 
nent Divine)  it  is  so  lively  and  ravishing,  that,  like  the  purest  beauty, 
it  needs  no  supplement  of  art  and  dressing,  but  conquers  by  its  own 
attractivcs,  and  wins  the  affections  of  all  but  those  who  do  not  see  it 
clearly."  (Dr.  Comber.)  Through  the  understanding  it  speaks  directly 
to  the  heart,  and  kindles  our  love  by  its  vital  energy  and  sympathizing 
piety.  Blessed  with  such  a  Liturgy,  the  Church  needs  but  faith  and 
zeal  on  the  part  of  her  children,  to  go  forth,  in  all  her  beauty  of 


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Holiness,  "  conquering  and  to  conquer " — girded  with  her  spiritual 
armor,  and  in  the  name  of  Him  who  purchased  her  with  his  own 
blood,  and  in  the  strength  of  His  truth,  she  shall  advance  prosperously 
in  the  majesty  of  righteousness,  until  her  name  is  known  and  praised 
among  all  generations.  The  Society,  in  whose  behalf  I  address  you, 
my  brethren,  is  entrusted  with  the  work  of  distributing  our  much 
loved  and  incalculably  useful  Prayer  Book,  and  I  painfully  feel  my 
inadequacy  properly  to  urge  its  claims  upon  the  favor  and  support  of 
Churchmen.  The  very  short  notice  given  me,  also  precludes  sufficient 
preparation ;  and  I  must  therefore  limit  myself  within  such  points  as 
are  most  familiar  and  level  to  my  own  knowledge  and  experience. 
With  this  view  I  have  selected  a  topic,  which  the  words  of  the  text 
will  at  once  suggest  to  your  minds,  the  value  of  the  Prayer  Book 
to  Seamen,  and  the  consequent  duty  of  aiding  in  its  distribution 
among  them  as  extensively  as  possible.  To  this  I  am  prompted,  not 
by  any  desire  to  exalt  their  claims — but  because  the  subject  is  com- 
paratively a  new  branch  of  investigation ;  and  there  present  them- 
selves to  the  mind  a  few  peculiar  considerations,  which  tend  to  exhibit 
the  Prayer  Book  in  one  of  its  most  lovely  and  useful  features.  I 
design  not  to  argue  from  a  theory,  but  to  state  facts. 

To  effect  the  conversion  and  salvation  of  man,  we  must  spread  the 

Word  and  the   Church  of  God,  and  this  end  can  only  be  attained 

ordinarily  through  the  Bible  and  the  Priesthood.     Seamen,  however? 

are  necessarily  cut  off,  almost  entirely,  from  the  ministrations  of  the 

Sanctuary  and  the  outward  means  of  grace.    Four-fifths  of  their  time, 

at  least,  they  pass  on  the  deep,  and  when  in  port,  for  want  of  suitable 

and  sufficient  provision,  but  few  of  them,  comparatively,  ever  enter  a 

House  of  Prayer.     Their  consequent  spiritual  destitution  cannot  be 

conceived  by  those  who  weekly  and  daily  enjoy  all  the  privileges  of 

the  Church.    The  results  which  ensue,  not  only  to  the  Sailor  himself, 

but  to  all  who  are  dependent  upon  his  toils,  and  all  who  are  brought 

in  contact  with  his  influence  and  example,  are  necessarily  fraught 

with  evil.      The  millions  of  property  wrecked  and  destroyed,  and 

above  all,  the  immortal  souls  that  perish,  by  reason  of  the  sailor's 

fallen  and  degraded,  forsaken  and  abused  condition,  would  almost 

exceed  belief,  if  exact  statistics  could  be  had  of  these  several  matters. 

Now  I  will  not  enter  into  any  disquisition  to  prove,  that  under  God, 

the  reclamation  of  this  portion  of  the  human  family,  and  the  removal 

of  the  thousand  ills  that  they  both  suffer  and  cause,  must  be  accom- 


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plislied  by  the  Divine  plan,  instituted  and  ordained  by  our  Lord  him- 
self, legitimately  carried  out  in  all  its  details,  as  exactly  as  possible, 
and  in  full  integrity.  Every  other  scheme  that  has  been,  and  every 
other  scheme  that  shall  be,  devised,  must  be  partial  and  imperfect,  if 
not  destined  to  end  in  failure  and  clisapj^ointment.  Some  particular 
evil  may  be  remedied — some  special  vice  corrected,  but  unless  the  axe 
be  laid  at  the  root  of  the  whole  tree,  poisonous  fruit  will  continue  to 
grow.  We  must  then  give  the  sailor,  so  far  as  practicable,  or  pos- 
sible, the  means  of  hnoxoledge  and  of  grace,  that  he  may  be  taught 
of  God  and  made  toise  unto  salvation;  counteracting  as  much  as  in  our 
power,  the  effects  of  his  separation  from  his  brethren,  by  extending 
to  him  Christian  privileges,  and  bringing  him  thus  into  Communion 
with  the  Church.  Let  every  seaman  who  leaves  his  home  and  coun- 
try— his  Pastor  and  his  Sunday-school — carry  with  him  his  Bible 
and  his  Prayer  Booh,  and  wherever  he  may  roam,  however  long  be 
absent,  in  every  clime,  and  under  all  the  vicissitudes  of  his  ever  change, 
ful  life,  he  will  bear  about  him  a  link  of  that  association,  which  binds 
in  one  the  hearts  and  souls  of  men.  His  memory  will  thus  be 
enabled  to  preserve,  in  ever  vivid  distinctness,  the  recollection  of 
childhood's  happy  hours — of  religious  sentiments,  early  instilled  by 
maternal  fondness — of  the  morning  and  evening  sacrifice  of  family 
prayer  and  praise,  which,  in  days  long  past,  he  was  wont  to  join  in 
offering  at  the  throne  of  Heavenly  grace.  In  the  familiar  prayers 
and  chants  of  the  Liturgy,  the  absent  are  brought  near ;  he  knows 
the  hour  at  which  all  whom  he  has  left  behind  are  kneeling  to  wor- 
ship God;  the  words  which  waft  their  thoughts  towards  Heaven 
are  household  sounds ',  and  whether  the  rude  blasts  of  the  tempest  are 
howling  around,  or  the  ocean  sleeps  in  unrufiled  quiet — whether  in 
his  cheerless  berth  or  on  his  lonely  watch — he  can  be  present  in 
spirit  icith  them,  and  mingle  his  incense  with  theirs,  between  whom 
and  himself  oceans  roll  their  mighty  waters.  In  short,  it  may  be  truly 
said  that  he  thus  realises,  and  with  exquisite  consciousness,  that  there 
is  indeed  a  Communion  of  Saints  here  upon  earth,  bound  together  in 
one  body,  by  a  common  faith,  a  lively  hope,  present  joy  and  a  certain 
though  future,  inheritance  of  perfected  bliss. 

Such  is  the  comfort,  the  blessed  privilege,  the  inexpressible  benefit 
which  the  Prayer  Book  affords  to  all  seamen  who  have  been  reared 
in  the  Church,  and  who  are  accompanied  by  this  spiritual  friend, 
counsellor  and  guide,  during  a  long  and  dreary  exile  from  kindred 


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and  country.  Such  is  the  testimony  to  the  truth  and  efiScacy  of  our 
Liturgy,  which  the  experience  of  multitudes  at  this  very  time  can 
furnish.  I  but  speak  the  feelings  of  my  own  heart;  and  next  to  hav- 
ing been  taught  the  knowledge  of  God  by  the  study  of  ray  ]}ible,  have 
I  always  been  most  thankful  that  I  learned  hoic  to  worship  Him  by  my 
Prayer  Book .  And  it  may  be  safely  said  and  abundantly  proved,  that 
there  is  no  book  of  devotion  so  perfectly  suited  to  the  peculiar  situa. 
tion  and  wants  of  the  seaman,  as  this  embodiment  of  the  doctrines, 
precepts  and  piety  of  the  Scriptures.  The  devotion  excited  in  the 
heart  by  the  word  of  truth,  finds  expression  nlreacli/  given  to  its  in- 
ward energies,  by  the  soul-stirring,  fervid  eloquence  of  the  Prayer 
Book;  and  he  who  has  been  trained  up  under  its  teachings  in  the  nur- 
ture and  admonition  of  the  Lord,  finds  it  an  ever  effectual  instrument 
for  the  preservation  and  increase  of  faith  and  righteousness  of  life  — 
while  it  keeps  alive  a  sense  of  union  with  the  Church,  which  separa- 
tion from  outward  ordinances,  the  sailor's  special  privation,  would  else 
necessarily  destro}'.  This  is  the  testimony  of  all  Churchmen,  whose 
ot  has  been  cast  at  sea.  Their  numbers,  however,  are  comparatively 
*ew ; — and  the  use  of  the  Prayer  Book  to  sailors  may  be  even  more 
forcibly  illustrated  by  considering  the  case  of  those,  who  have  in  youth 
wandered  from  home,  and  before  the  truths  of  religion  had  made  any 
lodgment  in  the  heart,  or  been  productive  of  any  visible  effects- 
The  boy  goes  forth  into  the  world,  mingles  with  the  rude  and  profane 
inmates  of  the  forecastle — he  has  neither  Bible  nor  Prayer  Book. 
Everything  around  him  is  calculated  to  crush  and  destroy  the  germs 
of  early  piety;  he  soon  loses  all  remembrance  of  the  truth  and  laws 
of  God;  and  every  trace,  lineament  and  feature  of  what  he  icas  when 
first  he  left  his  parents'  roof,  is  blotted  out,  seemingly  forever.  In 
this  state  of  moral  ruin,  by  some  kind  act  of  Providence,  he  is  brought 
within  reach  again  of  long- forgotten  sounds.  He  enters  a  Church? 
the  Liturgy  is  heard  once  more,  the  feelings  of  the  prodigal  are  touched 
as  he  re-calls  the  scenes  of  home, — the  joyous  days  of  youth  and  hope, 
when  he  accompanied  to  the  Sanctuary  those,  who  now  departed, 
ive  only  in  memory  and  affection — "these  are  the  words  which  I 
have  often  heard  fall  from  the  lips  of  my  beloved  parents,  which  theij 
taught  me  to  rrpcat.'"  Thus  softened,  melted  perhaps  to  tears  of  true 
contrition,  ho  hearkens  with  an  attention  never  paid  before  to  the 
reading  of  the  Scriptures.  There  is  shed  upon  him  an  ''  unction  from 
the  Holy  One,"    Ere  he  leaves  the  House  of  God  he  receives  a  Bible, 


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a  Prayer  Book,  and  other  spiritual  guides — with  a  few  words  of  counsel 
and  exhortation.  He  departs.  The  next  day  finds  him  again  a  wandered 
on  the  deep  j  but  a  chord  has  been  touched  in  his  heart,  which  thrills 
through  his  inmost  soul.  He  opens  once  more  his  long-closed 
Bible ;  its  precious  truths  sink  deep  into  his  heart — he  draws  near  to 
his  Heavenly  Father — the  Prayer  Book  is  his  ready  companion — 
there  he  finds  his  feelings  uttered  in  language,  penned  as  though  for 
himself,  and  consecrated  by  the  tender  recollection  of  by-gone  days- 
He  eagerly  looks  forward  to  his  return,  that  he  may  unite  himself 
with  the  Church,  and  be  numbered  with  the  servants  of  the  Lord. 
The  Bible  won  him  to  his  Saviour,  the  Prayer  Book  led  him  to  search 
his  Bible;  as  an  handmaid  to  the  Scriptures,  the  Liturgy  thus  recalls 
and  woos  back  to  Christ  many  a  wandering  child ;  and,  humanly  speak- 
ing, we  may  say  that  but  for  this  mean  of  reaching  the  heart,  through 
all  its  dearest  and  holiest  affections  and  sympathies,  multitudes  would 
else  continue  strangers  to  the  covenant  of  promise,  who  have  been 
and  shall  be,  through  this  agency,  gathered  within  the  fold  of  Christ. 
Nor  is  this  a  mere  sketch  of  imagination.  Such  instances  of  the 
Prayer  Book  having  been  made,  through  the  blessing  of  God,  the 
instrument  of  a  sailor's  conversion,  have  come  under  my  own  knowl- 
edge, and  during  the  short  period  of  my  present  ministry. 

And  furthermore,  besides  the  value  of  our  Liturgy  to  individuals, 
and  the  great  benefits  sure  to  ensue  in  this  respect  from  its  extensive 
circulation  everywhere,  it  supplies  (what  in  no  other  way  can  be  sup- 
plied,) both  an  inducement  to,  and  the  suitable  means  of  performing, 
public  worship,  wherever  and  whenever  two  or  three  are  gathered 
together  in  the  name  of  the  Lord.  Particularly  is  this  the  case  on 
board  of  ships.  A  commander,  his  officers,  or  some  one  of  the  crew 
or  passengers,  however  devoutly  disposed  and  anxious  to  introduce 
public  worship,  if  unprovided  with  a  Prayer  Book,  would  in  almost 
every  instance  be  deterred  from  undertaking  the  duty,  by  a  con- 
sciousness of  inability,  and  that  sense  of  natural  weakness  which  is 
common  to  all  men.  But  with  his  Prayer  Book,  one  is  under  no  such 
restraint.  He  is  furnished  with  all  requisite  appliances — and  he  can 
assemble  the  little  congregation,  with  confident  assurance  that  there 
lacks  nothing  to  render  acceptable  their  act  of  worship,  but  hearts  in 
unison  with  their  devout  form  of  prayer.  From  many  a  distant  cruiser, 
at  this  very  hour,  we  may  not  doubt,  that  the  Liturgy  is  being  read 
with  an  earnestness  of  manner,  a  depth  of  faith,  and  a  unity  of  feel- 


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ing,  which  perhaps  •worshipers  in  tlic  loftiest  cathedral,  or  most  gor- 
geous temple  on  the  land,  seldom  exhibit. 

A  few  months  ago,  a  ship  lay  in  the  roads  bound  to  California. 
Many  of  the  passengers  had  their  Prayer  Books  with  them,  and  the 
crew  had  also  procured  several  before  going  on  board.  On  Sunday 
morning  the  performance  of  service  was  proposed.  The  Prayer  Book 
suggested  the  desire  and  supplied  appropriate  means.  'Tis  cheering 
to  follow  that  bark  in  her  perilous  voyage,  and  hear  her  inmates 
weekly,  perhaps  daily,  renewing  their  supplications  and  praises^ 
beseeching  the  Eternal  Lord  God,  who  alone  spreadeth  out  the 
heavens  and  ruleth  the  raging  of  the  sea,  to  receive  into  His  almighty 
and  most  gracious  protection  the  persons  of  His  servants  and  the  ship 
in  which  they  sail.  Is  it  too  much  to  suppose,  that  without  their 
Prayer  Books,  those  who  led  the  way  to  this  beginning,  would  never 
have  performed  these  public  religious  rites  ? 

From  my  own  experience  I  am  prepared  to  say,  that  the  Prayer 
Book  has  in  this  way  been  the  means  of  doing  incalculable  good  in 
the  national  marine.  In  a  large  squadron,  to  which  I  was  once 
attached,  and  which  was  without  any  cluqilain,  public  service  was 
regularly  performed,  every  Sunday,  for  years,  by  the  officers  of  the 
several  ships;  and  frequently  when  in  port,  our  fellow-countrymen, 
resident  abroad,  would  come  on  board  to  enjoy,  as  they  said,  "  the 
privilege  of  being  once  more  at  Church."  The  good  eiFect  of  these 
observances,  was  often  seen  in  the  case  of  individuals ;  and  the  repu- 
tation left  behind  them,  by  some  of  the  ships,  was  of  the  most  grati- 
fying and  salutary  nature.  There  are  now  to  be  found  in  the  Navy, 
many  who  date  their  present  state  of  hopeful  faith  to  the  Sunday 
services  of  the  ship  in  which  they  served :  some  re-called  thus  to 
the  Church — others  first  won  to  her  by  these  means.  In  particular^ 
I  would  state  in  proof  the  following  facts : — A  man-of-war  num- 
bered among  her  officers  one  pious  Churchman, — he  took  with  him  a 
supply  of  Prayer  Books.  On  the  first  occasion  of  public  service  no 
one  responded — no  one  seemed  to  sympathize.  Under  all  these  dis- 
couragements,  and  in  spite  of  frequent  jeers,  be  persisted.  From 
opposition  many  soon  passed  to  cheerful  acquiescence  3  and  at  length, 
some  of  the  chief  scoffiirs  were  seen  to  join  in  the  service,  and  tongues 
before  wholly  dumb  to  prayer  or  praise,  were  now  heard  in  unison,  to 
worship  the  Lord,  confessing  sin  and  beseeching  mercy  and  for- 
giveness.    Tico,  I  believe  three  of  the  officers  of  that  ship,  subse- 


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uently  made  public  profession  of  religion.  Can  we  too  highly  prize 
a  book  which  has  been  productive,  instrumentally,  of  even  this  one 
good  effect  ?  Should  we  stay  our  hands  in  its  distribution,  while  one 
ship,  one  sailor  is  unprovided  with  this  companion,  instructor  and 
friend  ?  And  need  I  say  ougld  to  prove,  that  the  Prayer  Book  is  the 
only  existing  formulary  of  devotion  which  can  be  used  generally,  or 
effectively,  in  the  performance  of  Divine  worship  at  sea  ?  The  best 
and  a  sufficient  answer  to  such  a  question,  is  the  fact,  that  chaplains 
not  of  our  communion  always  use  it  on  board  ship — and  that  every 
officer,  whatever  may  be  his  religious  persuasion,  finds  that  the 
Prayer  Book  is  essential  to  conduct  the  public  worship  of  his  vessel. 
All  who  have  been  so  situated,  admit,  either  in  opinion  or  in  prac- 
tice, that,  unprovided  with  this  manual,  there  would  seldom  be  any 
religious  services  at  sea.  While  the  sailor's  preference  of  the  Praye  r 
Book,  above  all  other  forms  of  devotion,  is  notorious  beyond  dispute- 

Hence,  in  every  aspect,  its  inestimable  value  to  those  who  go  down 
to  the  sea,  and  pass  their  lives  away  from  the  Sanctuary  and  its  Holy 
worship.  The  inimitable  forms  of  prayer  which  it  contains,  for  every 
circumstance  of  the  sailor's  life,  of  course,  add  to  its  usefulness- 
Suffice  it  here  to  remark,  that  never  has  any  one  sought,  without 
finding  in  the  Prayer  Book  exactly  the  petition  he  desired  to  offer, 
and  that  in  words  better  than  any  of  his  own  devising;  and  the 
sailor,  who  has  knelt  within  the  very  jaws  of  death,  and  in  the  lan- 
guage of  the  Prayer  Book  invoked  the  mercy  of  the  Most  High, 
feels,  if  no  other  does,  that  there  is  a  power  in  its  forms,  and  an 
adaptedness  in  its  composition,  altogether  peculiar  and  irresistibly 
impressive. 

I  cannot  omit  in  this  connection  a  remarkable  instance  in  point,  of 
what  the  Bible  with  the  Prayer  Book  have  done,  and  of  course,  under 
similar  circumstances,  may  be  expected  again  to  do.  A  crew  mutinied, 
seized  the  ship,  and  after  having  set  their  commander  and  seventeen 
others  adrift  on  the  ocean,  in  an  open  boat,  landed,  and  finally  settled 
on  an  uninhabited  island  in  the  Pacific.  Here,  after  various  disasters, 
much  quarrelling  and  bloodshed,  the  mutineers  were  reduced  to  two, 
besides  some  Indian  women,  who  had  been  brought  in  the  ship  from 
the  Island  of  Otaheite.  It  was  so  ordered  in  the  Providence  of  God, 
that  among  other  articles  brought  on  shore,  there  was  a  Bible  and 
Prayer  Book.  These  books  comprised  the  whole  religious  library  of 
the  little  colony.     Time,  and  remorse  for  their  wicked  acts,  subdued 

•7 


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the  rugged  hearts  of  the  mutineers,  and  they  began  the  good  work  of 
regular  daily  service,  according  to  the  Liturgy  of  the  Church  of  Eng- 
land. Years  rolled  by,  and  these  outcasts  and  their  deeds  of  iniquity 
had  passed  into  oblivion — a  ship,  by  accident,  touched  at  this  solitary 
island.  Great  was  the  surprise,  at  hearing  the  young  savages  (as 
they  thought  them,)  who  came  alongside,  speaking  the  Saxon  tongue ; 
but  much  enhanced  was  the  amazement,  when  they  "pronounced  dis- 
tinctly, with  emphasis,  and  in  a  posture  of  devotion,  the  usual  words 
of  grace  before  dinner."  The  following  account  is  from  an  officer  of 
the  ship  which  visited  this  island.  "  They  had  a  Bible  and  Prayer 
Book,  which  were  found  in  the  cabin  of  the  vessel  they  bad  seized, 
and  they  read  the  Church  Service  regularly  every  Sunday ;  they  now 
resolved  to  have  morning  and  evening  family  prayers,  and  to  instruct 
the  children,  who  amounted  to  nineteen,  in  the  Church  Catechism. 
I  attended  their  Church,"  the  account  further  states,  "and  found  the 
service  well  conducted.  The  greatest  devotion  was  apparent  in  every 
individual,  and  in  the  children  there  was  a  seriousness,  unknown  in 
the  younger  part  of  our  communities  at  home.  Thus  were  instilled 
into  the  minds  of  these  people  the  true  principles  of  religion  and 
morality.  The  celebration  of  Marriage  and  Baptism  were  strictly 
observed,  according  to  the  rites  of  the  Church — but  the  patriarch  of 
the  colony  never  ventured  on  Confirmation  and  the  Sacrament  of  the 
Lord's  Supper.  He  taught  the  children  the  Church  Catechism,  the 
Ten  Commandments,  the  Lord's  Prayer  and  the  Creed,  and  he  satis- 
fied himself,  that  in  these  were  comprised  all  the  Christian  duties. 
By  the  instrumentality  of  these  precepts,  drawn  from  the  Bible  and 
the  Book  of  Common  Prayer,  he  was  enabled  to  rear  up  all  the  chil- 
dren in  the  principles,  precepts  and  doctrines  of  Christianity,  in  purity 
of  morals,  and  simplicity  of  manners,  that  have  surprised  and  de- 
lighted every  stranger  that  has  visited  the  island."  Thus  did  there 
spring  up  from  this  seed,  sown  in  such  a  seemingly  ungenial  soil,  a 
goodly  and  beautiful  tree ;  nor  need  we  wonder  at  this,  for  here  was 
the  v:o7xl  of  God,  which  is  the  life  of  man,  expounded  by  the 
Church  of  God,  which  is  the  ground  and  pillar  of  the  truth,  meekly 
and  faithfully  received,  and  steadfastly  obeyed.  May  we  not  learn 
a  useful  lesson  hereby ;  and  through  the  power  of  the  same  Holy 
Spirit,  who  wrought  this  work  of  grace,  not  only  use  more  diligently 
and  prayerfully  the  means  wherewith  we  are  blessed,  but  be  stimu 
lated  to  the  generous,  benevolent  circulation  of  books,  which  we  know 
to  be  effective  agents  of  knowledge  and  sauctification  ? 


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Tn  conclusion,  my  Brethren,  let  me  add  tlie  hope,  that  these  few 
facts,  hastily  thrown  together,  liuve  sufficiently  illustrated  the  value 
of  the  Prayer  Book  as  an  adjunct  to  the  Scriptures.  There  are, 
of  course,  many  points  of  interest  and  illustration  which  I  have 
not  touched.  In  leading  your  thoughts  toward  the  sea,  T  would  by 
no  means  draw  them  away  from  the  land.  The  whole  world  is  our 
field,  both  of  vision  and  of  labor.  Would  that  the  Church  could  be 
fully  aroused  to  her  duties  in  all  their  branches !  Once  restore  to  its 
strength  our  weakened  faith,  renew  our  dying  zeal,  stimulate  to  per- 
severance and  give  unity  to  our  action,  and  He  who  has  called  us  to 
the  battle,  will  assuredly  be  with  us  and  grant  us  the  victory. 

Let  us  then,  at  least,  do  what  we  can  to  disperse  over  land  and 
water  the  Bible  and  the  Prayer  Book.  The  first,  as  the  sun,  is  the 
centre  and  focus  of  Heavenly  light;  the  second,  as  the  moon,  but 
reflects  the  radiance  from  above.  Let  them  go  forth  together,  as 
witnesses  to  the  truth  "  as  it  is  in  Jesus,"  and  we  shall  surely  cause 
many  a  darkened  spot  to  shine  as  the  day — many  a  wilderness  and 
solitary  place  to  be  glad — many  a  desert  isle  to  rejoice  and  blossom 
as  the  rose.  God  will  sustain  and  spread  His  Church,  if  we  will  only 
do  our  duty,  and  with  prayer  and  in  faith  employ  the  agencies  with 
which  He  has  blessed  us ;  not  only  that  we  ourselves  may  rejoice  and 
be  glad,  but  that  His  ways  may  be  made  known  unto  all  men.  His 
saving  health  unto  all  nations.  The  kingdom  of  sin,  satan  and  death, 
shall  then  be  broken  down,  and  all  the  dispersed  sheep,  now  wander- 
ing in  the  wilds  of  ignorance  and  error,  be  gathered  into  one  fold, 
and  be  made  partakers  of  everlasting  life.  For  Zion's  sake  then  let 
us  not  hold  our  peace — for  Jerusalem's  sake  let  us  not  rest,  until  the 
righteousness  thereof  go  forth  as  brightness,  and  the  salvation  thereof 
as  a  lamp  that  burneth ;  until  Imperial  Salem  shall  lift  her  towering 
head,  and  all  kindreds  of  the  earth  shall  dwell  within  her  sacred 
walls. 


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Donation  from  Messrs.  C.  Megarge  and  E.  R.  Cope, 

do.  the  Misses  Lardners, 

M.  &  A.  Schuylkill  Haven, 

St.  John's  ch.  Northern  Liberties, 

Mr.  Z.  Locke, 

St.  Mark's  ch.  Lewistown, 

Christ  ch.  Leacock, 

St.  John's  ch.  Pequea, 

Rt.  Rev.  Bishop  Smith,  Louisville,  Ky., 

Picv.  C.  Bobbins,  Springfield,  Ohio, 

Collections  through  Mr.  Carpenter  AVharton,  60 
less  commissions,  6 


Christ  ch.  Pottstown, 

Col.  J.  J.  Ward,  Waccamaw,  S.  C, , 
Zion  ch.  Little  Rock,  L.  I., 


Amount  carried  forward, $1166 


Dolls. 

9 
143 
442 

4 

5 
2 
3 
2 
1 
6 
20 
7 

30 

25 

10 

2 

5 

7 

9 

7 
10 

7 

10 

10 

50 

5 

5 


50 

50 

25 

5 

3 

19 

4 

5 

2 

5 

50 
1 


C. 
45 
09 
09 

50 

07 

50 
50 

50 

87 


05 


50 


47 


50 


06 
06 


22 


Dr. 


The  Bishop  White  Prayer  Booh  Society 


1849. 
Aug.  13 


To  amount  brought  forward, 

cash  paid   King   &  Baird  in  full    for  books   to 
Aug.  1, 


Amount  carried  forward, . 


Dolls. 
484 

359 


$844  03 


23 


in  Account  with  William  Musgrave,  Treasurer. 


Cr. 


1849. 
July  IG 

Aug.    6 

8 

10 

13 

15 
17 

18 


28 
Sept.    4 

12 


20 

22 
24 

25 

28 

1 


Oct. 


By  amount  brouo;lit  forward, 

Trinity  ch.  Pittsburg, 

Mr.  Jos.  Blount,  Cheshire,  N.  J., 

Ladies  Association,  Christ  ch.  Macon,  Geo 

Rev.  IMr.  Johnson,  Talboton,  Geo., 

St.  Paul's  ch.  Greenville,  Oo., 

Mrs.  E.  D.  Fisher,  Ilolmesburg,  Pa., 

St.  James'  ch.  Schuylkill  Haven, 

Trinity  ch.  Easton,  Pa., 

do.  Portsmouth,  Va., 

do.  Wilmington,  Del., 

St.  Thomas'  ch.  Newark,  Del., 

Christ  ch.  Hudson,  Oo., 

Trinity  ch.  Jacksonville,  111., 

St.  Sylvanas'  Parish,  Xashotah 

St.  James'  ch.  Chicago,  111 

Parishes  of  Lincolnton  and  Morgantown,  N.  C, 

Jubilee  College,  111., 

Rev.  S.  Y.  McMasters,  Alton,  111., 

Rev.  Mr.  Barlow,  Chicago,  Life  subscription,  .. 

Trinity  ch.  Princeton,  N.  J., 

Mrs.  E.  D.  Fisher,  Ilolmesburg,  for  books  sold, 

St.  Paul's  ch.  Nantucket, 

Rev.  A.  J.  Warner,  Grand  Detour,  111 

St.  Mark's,  ch.  Frankford, 

St.  John's  ch.  Waterbury,  Conn., 

All  Hallows  Parish,  Md., 

Christ  ch.  Waverly,  111., 

St.  Paul's  ch.  Springfield,  111., 

St.  James'  ch.  Marietta,  Geo., 

Dr.  F.  Homer,  Warrenton,  Va.,  for  books  sold, 

St.  John's  ch.  Bait.  Co.,  Md., 

Christ  ch.  Harford,  Md., 

Centurion  ch.  Old  Point,  Va., 

Rev.  Henry  Sansom,  St.  Aug.,  Texas,  Life  Sub., 

St.  Peter's  ch.  Butler,  Pa., 

Christ  ch.  Tashna,  Conn., 

St.  Mark's  ch.  Lewistown,  Pa., 

do.  Washington  Co.,  Md., 

Home  Missionary  Soc'y  of  St.  James'  ch., 

All  Saints'  Sunday  School,  Fort  Smith,  Ark's., 

St.  Paul's  ch.  Bloomsburg, 

Trinity  ch.  Washington,  D.  C, 

Christ  ch.  St.  Louis, 

do.  Pomfret,  Conn., 

Samuel  Cos,  Esq 

George  Blight,  Esq., 

St.  Paul's  ch.  Baltimore, 

do.  Fayetteville,  Ark's, 

Christ  ch.  Danville, 


JMission  at  Spring  Grove,  N.  J.,. 


Amount  carried  forward, 


Dolls. 
1160 
51 
5 
5 
5 
2 
1 
3 
7 

10 
5 
6 


10 
10 
5 
5 
5 
25 
7 


50 


50 


50 
12  25 
30 

7 

3 

9 

5 

6 

7 

6 
13 
25 

4 

5 

5 

2 
20 

5 

5 

5 
20 

2 

5 
5 

60 
5 

^1 
1  50 


20 


$1634  48 


46003  J^ 


24 


Dr. 


The  Bish/p  White  Prayer  Booh  Society 


1849. 

Nov.  21 

Dec.   20 

1850. 
Jan.  28 
Feb'yll 
^20 
Mar.  9 
April  20 


To  amount  brought  forward 

cash  paid  King  &  Baird  in  full  fur  books  to 
Oct.  31 

To  cash  paid  Commissions  on  subs,  obtained 

Do.       King  &  Baird  in  full  for  books 

Do.  do.  on  account  of  do., 

Do.  do.  for  bills  of  Jan.  23,... 

Do.        for  music  at  the  Anniversary  Meeting, 

Do.        King  &  Baird  on  account  of  books, . . . 

"  counterfeit  note,  discount  on  uncurrent  money, 

and  postage, 

Balance, 


Dolls. 

844 

238 
26 

571 

200 

63 

10 

75 

10 

22 


44 


in  Account  with  William  Musr/rave,  Treasurer. 


Or. 


1849. 

Oct.  13 
]G 
2U 

22 
23 

31 

Nov.     2 


26 
Dec.      1 


12 

20 

21 

1850. 

Jan.   23 

28 

Feb.      8 

Mar.    7 


21 

25 
April    8 

15 


May     3 


By  amount  brought  forward,    

Rev.  13.  Batclielor,  Blairsville,  fur  books  sold,  . . 

a  lady  of  St.  Andrew's  cli., 

Sunday  School  of  C'li.  of  the  Evangelists 

H.  G.  Seymour,  Accomac,  Va., 

Male  Soc'y  of  Grace  ch.  for  the  promotion   of 

Christianity, 

Rev.  John  O'Brian,  Chaplain  U.  S.*A.  Mackinac, 
Sunday  School  of  St.  Luke's  cli.  for  books  sold, 

St.  Mark's  cli.  Northumberland 

St.  Paul's  ch.  Burlington,  Vt., 

Rev.  F.  B.  Nash,  Coal  Mouth,  Va., 

Mr.  Frazer,  for  books  sold 

St.  Peter's  ch., 

Rev.  J.  L.  Hanson,  Indianapolis,  for  books  sold, 
I\Irs.  E.  L.  Fisher,  Ilolniesburg,  for  books  sold, 

OtFerings  of  St. Parish,  Wisconsin, 

Church  of  the  Epiphany, 

Grace  ch.  Providence,  R.  I., 

St.  Paul's  ch.  Concord,  N.  H., 

Church  of  the  Messi.ah,  Port  Richmond, 

Collections  through  Mi-.  Carpenter  Wharton,. . 
St.  Mary's  ch.  West  Phila , 

Calvary  ch.  Rockdale, 

Mrs.  Moss, 

Christ  ch.  Houston,  Texas, 

Sunday  School  of  Ch.  of  the  Redemption, 

Member  of  St.  Stephen's  ch., 

Ch.  of  the  jMediator,  N.  Y.,  for  books  sold, 

Miss  Kempton,  Mount  Holly,  for  books  sold,. . 

Christ  ch.  Green  Bay,  Wis., 

Ascension  ch.  Frankfort,  Ky., 

Rev.  Geo.  P.  Giddings,  Quincy,  111., 

Gloria  Dei  ch.  Southwark, 


Balance  due  the  Society, 


Dolls. 

C. 

1634 

48 

5 

2 

50 

5 

6 

50 

50 

10 

21 

50 

3 

25 

17 

06 

5 

10 

80 

5 

3 

2 

25 

25 

10 

10 

21 

14 

85 

5 

1 

17 

30 

5 

10 

20 

2 

4 

10 

18 

$2000 


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